IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,917,879
Granted Patent B2
US 11,917,879 · App. 17/548,785 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Display device

Inventors: Kang Moon Jo (Hwaseong-si, KR); Dong Woo Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Sung Jae Moon (Seongnam-si, KR); Jun Hyun Park (Suwon-si, KR); An Su Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/1315H10K50/813H10K59/1213H10K59/1216H10K59/123H10K59/124H10K59/35H01L27/124H01L27/1248H01L27/1255
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Patent No.
US 11,917,879
App. No.
17/548,785
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device including: a substrate; an active layer disposed on the substrate and including active patterns; a first conductive layer disposed on the active layer; a second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive layer and including a data line; a third conductive layer disposed on the second conductive layer; and a light-emitting element disposed on the third conductive layer, wherein the first conductive layer includes a scan line, a first voltage line, and a second voltage line, the third conductive layer includes a third voltage line connected to the first voltage line and a fourth voltage line connected to the second voltage line, the first voltage line and the second voltage line extend in a first direction, the third voltage line and the fourth voltage line extend in a second direction, and the third voltage line and the fourth voltage line are alternately arranged in the first direction.

Claims (55)

1. A display device, comprising:

a substrate;

a lower conductive pattern disposed on the substrate;

an active layer disposed on the substrate and including a plurality of active patterns including a semiconductor material;

a first conductive layer disposed on the active layer, the first conductive layer including a first gate electrode;

a second conductive layer disposed on the active layer, the second conductive layer including a first connecting electrode;

a third conductive layer disposed on the second conductive layer, the third conductive layer including a second connecting electrode;

a light-emitting layer disposed on the third conductive layer; and

a common electrode disposed on the light-emitting layer,

wherein

the first gate electrode overlaps the lower conductive pattern to form a first capacitor,

the common electrode is electrically connected to the second connecting electrode, and

the second connecting electrode is electrically connected to the first connecting electrode, and

the first connecting electrode, the second connecting electrode, and the common electrode transmit a first voltage, the display device further comprising

a first voltage line transmitting the first voltage,

wherein a contact member, the second connecting electrode and the common electrode are sequentially stacked to extend across a contact hole on the first voltage line.

2. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a scan line extending in a first direction; and

wherein the first voltage line extends in a second direction crossing the first direction.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein

the third conductive layer further includes a pixel electrode separated from the second connecting electrode, and

the light-emitting layer is disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode.

4. The display device of claim 3 , further comprising:

a first transistor comprising the first gate electrode, a source region and a drain region,

wherein

the pixel electrode is electrically connected to the drain region of the first transistor.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein

the second conductive layer further includes a capacitor electrode, and

the capacitor electrode overlaps the first gate electrode to form a second capacitor.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein

the capacitor electrode is electrically connected to the drain region of the first transistor.

7. The display device of claim 5 , further comprising:

a plurality of data lines extending in the second direction.

8. The display device of claim 5 , wherein

the active pattern includes a first active pattern of the first transistor, a second active pattern of a second transistor, and a third active pattern of a third transistor,

the first gate electrode is electrically connected to a conductive region of the second active pattern,

the capacitor electrode is electrically connected to a conductive region of the first active pattern, and

the third active pattern is electrically connected to the capacitor electrode.

9. The display device of claim 8 , further comprising:

an initialization voltage line extending in the second direction, and

a conductive region of the third active pattern is electrically connected to the initialization voltage line.

10. A display device, comprising:

a substrate;

an active layer disposed on the substrate and including a plurality of active patterns including a semiconductor material;

a first conductive layer disposed on the active layer;

a second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive layer;

a third conductive layer disposed on the second conductive layer; and

a light-emitting element disposed on the third conductive layer, the light-emitting element including a common electrode,

wherein

the first conductive layer includes a scan line for transmitting a scan signal, and a first voltage line,

the second conductive layer includes a first conductor electrically connected to the first voltage line,

the third conductive layer includes a second conductor electrically connected to the first conductor,

the first voltage line extends in a first direction, and

the common electrode is electrically connected to the second conductor,

wherein a contact member, the second conductor and the common electrode are sequentially stacked to extend across a contact hole on the first voltage line.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0158345 · Dec 10, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16596952 · Oct 9, 2019
Related Publication 20220165839A1 · May 26, 2022
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